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Within these pages, I talk about all the ways I have found to enjoy our fantastic hobby with the intention of sharing ideas and also learning by doing and then sharing what I’ve learned with others.
LATEST POSTS
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Expired Ham – Vol. 2 Iss. 16
Eschewed too much ham radio stuff this week and instead spent some time on the lake with the wife in our kayaks.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 2 Iss. 15
I needed a safe place to store my Vibroplex bugs and decided to try building my own solution. It didn’t go incredibly wrong, which I consider a success.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 2 Iss. 14
Have I gone off the deep end? Or is this just the start of a new journey?
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Custom TRS Cable
Making your own TRS cable isn’t that difficult to do and it’s great practice for soldering wires to small things. Make sure to get your iron nice and hot to make it easier.
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Expired Ham – Vol. 2 Iss. 13
Have I turned to the dark side of CW operating? I once swore off any notion of owning a semi-automatic bug, but I now own four such devices. And guess what, they’re actually kind of cool.
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Yaesu FT-891 Mobile Installation – Part 2
In part 2 of this series, I install the ATAS-120a antenna and tackled the task of providing an adequate ground plane for it through the use of just two bonding straps. Success was acheived and all is good in the world.
About K2MAS
K2MAS is Matthew Swint. Matthew has been a licensed amateur radio operator since September 2014 when the FCC granted him General class privileges and the callsign of KM4EHD, which he changed to K2MAS in 2022. In 2025, Matthew earned an Amateur Extra class license.
You can find K2MAS on Instagram and on QRZ.com.
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